UNDER THE DOME
$2,000
Donated to the Notre Dame general scholarship fund through sophomore line-
backer Jaylon Smith, who for the second time in the first five games was named
the National Impact Player of the Week by the Lott Award. The first was following his week two per-
formance against Michigan in which he had 10 tackles in the 31-0 shutout. Then against Stanford on
Oct. 4, Smith had a career-high 14 tackles, including 2.5 for loss and a sack, in the 17-14 Irish win. A
$1,000 donation is made each time. Also after the Stanford game, sophomore cornerback Cole Luke
was named the Athlon National Defensive Player of the Week.
7
Notre Dame wide receivers
or tight ends since 1972 that
caught a touchdown on their
first career catch with the Irish — most re-
cently sophomore TORII HUNTER JR.
versus Syracuse Sept. 27. He joined
some select company. The other
six are 1974 consensus All-Ameri-
can wide receiver Pete Demmerle
(1972); 1984 first-team Associated
Press All-American and future NFL
All-Pro tight end Mark Bavaro;
1990 Heisman runner-up wide
receiver Raghib "Rocket" Ismail
(1988); tight end Derek Brown
(1988), who was a first-round
draft pick; wide receiver Derrick
Mayes (1992), who was a second-round NFL pick;
and wide receiver Michael Floyd (2008), who was a
first-round draft choice.
PHOTO BY LON HORWEDEL
